Survivor 40 Preseason Draft

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Survivor 40 Preseason Draft

Coming to you not-so-live from June 2, 2019, it’s a draft of Survivor: Winners at War! Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType), Liana Boraas (@LianaBoraas), Ali Lasher (@lashtweets), and Akiva Wienerkur (@keev26) kick off the Survivor 40 preseason with a discussion and draft of the 20 previous winners who make up the cast. This draft was based on a unique scoring system that rewards the winner and the biggest characters in a season.

Mike, Liana, Ali, and Akiva did this draft soon after the castaways went to go film the season and before they knew about twists that could have an impact on the game, including the return of the Edge of Extinction, or the new Fire Tokens twist. As Mike, Liana, Ali, and Akiva made each of their pics, they discussed their rationale for each decision and then the group of four gave all of their thoughts on every single one of the 20 winners that are vying for the $2 million prize.

Official Scoring:

Winner: 10 points

2nd place: 3 points

3rd place: 2 points

5+ confessionals in episode: 1 point

First boot: -3 points

“Survivor Winners” Page

Check out the new “Survivor Winners” page in preparation for Survivor: Winners at War (Season 40).

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Mike Bloom is a Manhattanite and a podcaster for various shows on Rob Has a Podcast and Post Show Recaps, along with the long-running Survivor Historians podcast. He was voted "Most Likely to Be a Hufflepuff" by every person he's ever met. Mike also once tried to emulate a hip hop dancer in a Wendy's commercial. Twitter: @AMikeBloomType.

Despite being a scientist with a PhD in biomedical engineering, Liana's only marketable skill appears to be talking about reality television. She lives in New Orleans, LA and travels exclusively via scooter. Crazy cat lady and 3rd place loser in So You Think You Can Podcast. Twitter: @LianaBoraas

Ali Lasher is a “typical Jersey girl” pretending to fit in in the Midwest. She co-hosts the Reality TV RHAP Ups of the MTV shows you loved as pre-teen. Ali is a law student and, most notably, the writer of several other unfunny bios. Twitter: @lashtweets.